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I have been actively thinking about passive, since buying a passive preamp. and will repeat my wandering I made on Audio Review.
Wouldn't it be a great service to consumers if the component designers and manufacturers just eleminate active preamps altogether. Instead, maker all CD players with a passive attenuater and volumn control with maybe four or five inputs. Those with vinyle can plug their phono-preamps, or tape players, T.V., tuners, etc. right into the CD player's inputs.
And while their at it, design and manufacture the CD player correctly so they don't need Linc Dacs., "jitter controls" or any other such component (such as the Meredian 508-24). Setup would be much simpler, with fewer components and interconnects, -and less expensive.
After all, isn't the purest sound achieved with less garbage ???
I have a passive pre/tuner in my shop system.It is a Dynaco FM-5.It has a volume control fed by a two position selector switch.The tuner feeds one position and my CD player the other.BTW the tuner sounds better than a Magnum Dynalab.
Get a Resolution Audio CD50 :-)
It has everything you want except for multiple inputs :-(
Sometimes I wish I had an active preamp and sometimes I don't.
Using this type of passive device with a carefully selected amp that has some nice body is something to actively aspire to - for me at least. It has transparency that can't be had within a reasonably priced typical amp/preamp rig.
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